Top dogs claim honors on Westminster’s first night

Newsday - But this year, the canine competition defied that stereotype by mostly being as predictable as spots on a Dalmatian. The first group of the night, the hound group, was taken by the odds-on favorite, Uno, the 15-inch beagle formally known as Champion K
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Who’s Blogging
Washington Post - Coca-Cola balloons (in which the giant Charlie Brown balloon snags the giant Coke balloon); the Budweiser “Dalmatian/Rocky” commercial, in which the dog helps the rejected Clydesdale get into shape. Actually Made Me Gag: careerbuilder.com’s “Heart
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Ad Hoc: Some of the most memorable
Palm Beach Interactive - If you didn’t go, ‘Awwwwww’ watching a caring Dalmatian helping a spurned Clydesdale train Rocky-style to join the famous Budweiser horse team, check your pulse. WORST COMMERCIAL WITH AN ANIMAL ACTOR: The big black dog lapping up Gatorade like it was
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Fire destroys Weaverville home
Asheville Citizen-Times - Brookshire managed to save his pet Dalmatian, which he found just inside the front door. He bought the house in 2006 and had renovations under way.
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U.S. stocks lean lower at start
CNN Money - Its commercial for its Budweiser brand that featured one of the brewer’s trademark Clydesdales being “trained” by a Dalmatian came in as the most popular in online polling on one site measuring Super Bowl ad popularity. Archer-Daniels-Midland ( ADM ,
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It’s showtime for some amazing dogs

San Jose Mercury News - While Christman said she shows dogs as a hobby, Rochin is a breeder and has shown Dalmatians at the Golden Gate Kennel Club show since 1991. The “bench” part of the show offers a great opportunity to learn the truth about the breed, she said. “There Find Out More

MetroTimes - Like Roger in 101 Dalmatians .” His new post-Gin Blossoms songs were evolved a true embarrassment of riches. They had redemptive qualities, full story-driven narratives and complex truths told simply. All had his signature hooks. I heard a few Find Out More

Orlando Sentinel - Students will present Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Kids at the end of the session in May. All classes will meet in the recreation department at City Hall, 800 N. U.S. Highway 27, beginning Wednesday. To register or for more information, visit caponimusic Find Out More

Cumberland Fire Station One of Few That Still Has Dog

WRAL - Fayetteville Spanner the Dalmatian trots around Pearce’s Mill fire station, sniffs a couple of visitors and, giving them her tacit OK, goes about her doggie business. “This is her palace,” said Chief Ronnie Marley. “This is her home. She rules Continued

San Luis Obispo Tribune - Click any image to enlarge. E ve Good, a volunteer at Animal Services, sent me a story about one of the shelter s long-time residents: A young Labrador retriever/ Dalmatian mix came to Animal Services last September, Good wrote. Shortly Continued

House-sitting with Psycho Dog

Times and Democrat - Now, after being around my friend’s dalmatian, Domino, for the past week, I realize the breeder must have been trying to protect us from the dalmatian, not the other way around. Domino is psycho. When I come in at night, she just stands there and Find Out More

San Jose Mercury News - Rochin also will be showing her champion 5 1/2-year-old Dalmatian, Joy, a.k.a. Champion SunnyOakes Joy for SunRunner. While Christman said she shows dogs as a hobby, Rochin is a breeder and has shown Dalmatians at the Golden Gate Kennel Club show Find Out More

HULIQ.com - Commonly, the scammer posing as a breeder places an ad offering a free or inexpensive puppy and then requests via Breeds on the decline include the Rottweiler (-81%) and the Dalmatian (-96%). Many breeds of Asian origins are also waning in Find Out More

Philadelphia Inquirer - of two-legged newcomers before him, Champion TCJ n Satin’s Star Appeal got fixated on the TV camera. Sadly, the Dalmatian Uncle Billy’s money, but there’s a chance for redemption at the dog show. After all, Apple, the darling of Wichita breeder Find Out More

New York Post - Breeds on the popularity decline include the Rottweiler and the Dalmatian. Bulldogs enjoyed their most popular year in 1915, when they hit fifth place on the national list. Queens breeder Brigitte Gitte Antonocci, 39, of Big City Bulldogs in Find Out More

Forbes - A Dalmatian looks white with black spots, but based on its genetics, it’s black. dogs that are chocolate — like one of my Sheila Schmutz, PhD, a dog geneticist at the University of Saskatchewan and a Large Munsterlander breeder; Glenn Millhauser Find Out More